Tear gas fired to disperse pro-Morsi demo in Egypt

CAIRO: Egyptian security forces on Monday fired tear gas to disperse students protesting in support of ousted president Mohamed Morsi, security officials said.

The protesters marched outside the campus of Al-Azhar university in Cairo and blocked a main road as they chanted against the military that ousted Morsi in July.

There were no immediate reports of casualties, as police fired tear gas and birdshot to disperse the students.

Demonstrations took place last week at the universities of Al-Azhar and Cairo, where scuffles broke out between supporters and opponents of Morsi.

More than 1,000 people, mostly Morsi's backers, were killed in clashes in an ensuing crackdown on the former president's Muslim Brotherhood movement.

Another 2,000 people have been detained.

Morsi, held at an unknown location since his removal, is to stand trial next month over deadly clashes between his supporters and opponents outside the presidential palace in December 2012. (AFP)